European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes it gets a by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau chief Germany de spite the humiliating the men who ride the ugly duckling the combat Engineer vehicle say there with the emphasis on the the Cev begins with a Basic m60 tank from it looks As if its been put together by a Wishbone shaped Boom is attached to hot and move a or is fastened to the front to push a 1 million candlepower Searchlight is mounted on the Turret to spot obstacles at a Normal 105mm main gun for blowing up obstacles is Given 60 More but then lopped off at an 18 Inch it looks like theres something wrong with said 1st Lewis executive officer of co his unit was sup porting the ugly ducklings during annual gunnery Here last but the combat engineers of the 12th engr 8th inf div from Derheim love their ugly there Are Only a few of them in the but theres a lot of heavy Metal there to heavy Metal is the pet name tank commander William Johnson gives his Shes he said in a mothering his tank and they insist on calling them tanks is old his Crew is made up the same Way As an m60 tank Crew Johnson As with a a loader and the old 91 and its Crew were out on the practising lifting shoving obstacles and blowing up that the they say firing the main gun during their eyes Light up like those of the kid whose father asks him to help tear Down the old shed in the Back its controlled aggression and planned they Call the Shell the you can actually see it Lope out of the barrel when its other tankers kid them with things wheres the rest of your gun it Cev is Iob done Doest seem to bother Treyve got their specific and even though their ducklings look As if they were designed by there is a reason for each for that 165mm main gun is meant to save time and Johnson explained that instead of Send ing an Engineer unit slow moving because of the necessary caution to Clear a mine Field or set charges on a heavily fortified we just lob our watermelons in there and Clear the area in 1st Phillip co b com described its Mission in business management it provides for an Economy of he one Odd characteristic of the Cev is that the bursting radius the danger area affected by the shells is greater than the Range of the the Dan Ger area is about meters the Range is Only about 900 when the Crew members there supposed to be buttoned up in the tank hatches closed and William Johnson heavy Metal on his helmet asked if they Ever worry about doing themselves in with their own the Crew of old 91 returned Blank and John son i never think about it at the others nodded in one 4 Gary were oddball but were the ultimate in it was a mixed assessment but just look at the photos by Tony Nauroth ugly duckling at work the combat Engineer vehicle goes through its paces during a training above and at Crew members guide a tree lifted by the Cess the tanks Bulldozer like Blade is big enough to Deal with stubborn